Infrared Sauna FAQ - Canada

Using an infrared sauna is easy! Follow just a few simple guidelines and you can increase the overall benefits of your sauna sessions. Once you're familiar with the controls of your sauna, feel free to adjust the guildelines to suits your personal ne...

Weight Loss -- In a single sauna session, you can burn up to 600 calories. That's equivalent to 30 minutes of rowing. Infrared saunas accelerate your heart rate, which in turn burns calories. The infrared penetrates the skin and breaks down fat and w...

Infrared heat penetrates the human body faster and deeper than the humid surface heat typical of a traditional sauna. Infrared saunas also use less energy to operate, heat up more quickly and are more effective at lower temperatures, making it easier...

Our infrared saunas have a maximum setting of about 150 degrees. They rarely get to those temperatures, however. They typically operate between 130 degrees and 145 degrees, depending on the conditions in the room.

Infrared saunas are very affordable to operate per session. Saunas operate on 110 volts and the power rating is similar to a high-heat hair dryer. They are far more economical to operate than traditional saunas.

Outdoors saunas use traditional electric heaters because infrared cannot effectively overcome cool ambient temperatures to heat the sauna. For indoor saunas, an infrared heating system is more cost effective and has greater therapeutic effects.

Infrared saunas are not designed for outdoor use. Therefore, they should not be exposed to the elements. In warmer climates, a covered porch may be a suitable location if the sauna is protected from the weather. However, exposing your infrared sauna ...

Saunas are relatively inexpensive to operate and of course only use power when you are operating them. There are many variables, but a range of 10 to 30 cents an hour would be a reasonably good estimate. The free-standing (pre-fabricated) saunas can ...